Power Plants Near 68117 — Omaha, NE

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68117 (Omaha, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2064, -95.9953 · County: Douglas

Coal 73%Natural Gas 19%Wind 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
3.4 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
4.9 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
8.2 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
9.1 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
11.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
12.0 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
17.3 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
17.9 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
18.2 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
20.0 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
22.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
24.2 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
25.0 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
28.7 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
32.0 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
37.1 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
37.9 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
37.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
38.2 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
38.8 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
39.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
42.8 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.4 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
47.0 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
47.3 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
48.2 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Omaha, Nebraska (ZIP 68117), with a combined 5,272 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sarpy County at 2.8 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Nebraska, visit the Nebraska state page.

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